Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Tuning in…

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Artist

Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich

2 episodes

Chosen over the decades

2

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Juliet Stevenson
Sinead Cusack

Sinead Cusack
Sinead Cusack on being expelled for a school sketch about the Profumo affair
Castaway · 15 December 2002Sue Lawley
Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson on reading a poem at age nine that sparked her acting instinct
Castaway · 4 October 1992Sue Lawley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails